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August 26, 2003 Tuesday Jumadi-us-Sani 27, 1424 KARACHI: Musharraf okays Rs29bn uplift plan for Karachi KARACHI, Aug 25: For the development and rehabilitation of the city’s battered civic infrastructure, a Rs29 billion package was in principle approved in a high level meeting chaired by President Musharraf... KARACHI: Beach-cleaning drive not likely this week KARACHI, Aug 25: Any fully-fledged operation to decontaminate the beaches of Karachi, hit by the devastating oil slick, is unlikely to take place before completion of the ongoing lighterage of the... KARACHI: Youth killed in gang-war KARACHI, Aug 25: A young man was allegedly killed, as a result of an ongoing gang-rivalry, after being kidnapped in Lyari on Monday.... KARACHI: People slam ban on Indian channels KARACHI, Aug 25: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has no business to decide what TV channels the people of the country should watch.... KARACHI: 21 fishermen rescued KARACHI, Aug 25: Army soldiers of a base camp near Sonmiani coast rescued 21 fishermen of a fishing boat Al-Farooq, which capsized in the sea due to rough weather on Sunday... KARACHI: Academics slam American, Israeli policies KARACHI, Aug 25: American unilateralism, its doctrine of unilateralism, quest for regime change by force, control of the world’s economic and strategic resources and its nexus with Israel came under scrutiny... KARACHI: Strategy modified for polio eradication KARACHI, Aug 25: The WHO representative to Pakistan, Dr Mohammad Khalif Bile alongwith Dr Rehan Hafeez, National Programme Manger of Expanded Programme for Immunization (EPI) here on Monday held threadbare discussion... KARACHI: Contaminated water supply irks citizens KARACHI, Aug 25: Complaints of contaminated water supply have been increasing in the city since the last rains and have assumed alarming proportion at present.... KARACHI: Two travelogues launched KARACHI: Two travelogues by Qamar Ali Abbasi were launched on Sunday, which were,‘Aur diwar gir gai’ the outcome of the author’s visit to Germany, and ‘Sahra mein Sham’ based on his... KARACHI: NED experts Conduct beach study KARACHI, Aug 25: On the invitation of administrator, Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Brig Maqsood Hussain, a team of students and engineers from the NED University of Engineering and Technology visited the... KARACHI: Computerized record keeping setup at NICH KARACHI, Aug 25: The National Institute of Child Health (NICH), with a turn over of 18,000 to 20,000 child patients admitted each year, started with its computerized record keeping setup here... KARACHI: Special children have fun in elite hotel KARACHI, Aug 25: More than 100 special children had a lot of fun for a couple of hours at a function organized by noted artist and social worker Jimmy Engineer in... KARACHI: Unscreened blood transfusion is on KARACHI, Aug 25: Apathetic and non-responding attitude of blood banks in getting registration with Sindh Blood Bank Authority (SBBA) is continue despite repeating the registration date by SBBA twice in last... KARACHI: Medical camps in flood-hit areas KARACHI, Aug 25: The Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution has organized its two-day medical camps in the flood-affected areas of the interior of Sindh and provided in time medical care facilities... KARACHI: Natural treatment of spill suggested KARACHI, Aug 25: Warning against introducing genetically modified bacteria, into the sea, for early degradation of crude oil spilled from an oil tanker, microbiologists have suggested spreading cow-dung along the... KARACHI: MMA to resist dispatch of troops to Iraq strongly KARACHI, Aug 25: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has reaffirmed its resolved to strongly resist the plan to send Pakistani troops to Iraq saying that it reserved the right to organize protests... KARACHI: Poll petition against CM dismissed KARACHI, Aug 25: A Sindh High Court election tribunal dismissed with costs on Monday a petition challenging Chief Minister Ali Muhammed Maher’s election to the Sindh Assembly for not being a... KARACHI: 2 brothers shot dead by relatives KARACHI, Aug 25: A youth, along with his younger brother was shot dead by his in-laws, in Keamari on late Sunday night.... KARACHI: Notices in oil spillage case issued by SHC KARACHI, Aug 25: Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court on Monday issued notices to the Ministry of Communications, Karachi Port Trust, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation and the Environmental Protection... KARACHI: Warrants for TV channel officials KARACHI, Aug 25: An anti-terrorism court issued on Monday bailable warrants for the arrest of the managing director and another official of a London-based TV channel for not turning up despite... KARACHI: Oil tankers strike enters fifth day KARACHI, Aug 25: As the strike, called by the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association, entered its fifth day on Monday, a spokesman for the PSO said that the filling continued... KARACHI: Inquiry ordered against jail authorities KARACHI, Aug 25: The provincial government has ordered an inquiry against the officials, who allowed a private TV channel to conduct interviews of the condemned prisoners inside the Central Prison.... KARACHI: More rain forecast KARACHI, Aug 25: As predicted by the Pakistan Meteorological Department on Sunday, the city received a little amount of rain on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Water management project hits snags : PESHAWAR, Aug 25: The multi-million rupee foreign funded on- farm-water-management project aimed to enhance effectiveness of the drainage and irrigation systems in the NWFP and Federally- Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) has... PESHAWAR: Juvenile offenders’ problems discussed PESHAWAR, Aug 25: Inspector-General of Prisons Abdur Rauf has said that the number of juvenile offenders released on probation rose to 103 since the implementation of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance,... PESHAWAR: PPP flays revival of Kalabagh dam issue PESHAWAR, Aug 25: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the resurrection of the Kalabagh dam issue by rulers and termed it a deliberate attempt to cause disunity among democratic forces.... PESHAWAR: Two bandits held PESHAWAR, Aug 25: Police arrested two bandits and recovered from them two pistols and cash that they had snatched at gunpoint from an army official here on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Cable operators go on strike PESHAWAR, Aug 25: The NWFP Cable Operators Association has decided to go on a strike in protest against the ban imposed on Indian channels.... HYDERABAD: Rain leads to suspension of power supply in Sindh HYDERABAD, Aug 25: The performance of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company was exposed on Monday as heavy rains whipped the district and other parts of lower Sindh.... HYDERABAD: 10 more JSQM leaders resign HYDERABAD, Aug 25: Ten members of the central committee of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz resigned from the committee membership at the “national congress” of the party held in Sunn on... HYDERABAD: Nazim urges Wasa to cover manholes HYDERABAD, Aug 25: City Taluka Nazim Haji Moinuddin Shaikh has expressed concern over open manholes at many places in the city and demanded that the Water and Sanitation Agency officials should... HYDERABAD: Civic agencies dispute over road repair HYDERABAD, Aug 25: The three main roads of the city are in dilapidated condition but civic bodies are blaming each other for the situation rather than repairing the roads connecting Hyderabad... HYDERABAD: Chemicals seized, suspect arrested HYDERABAD, Aug 25: The Crime Investigation Cell recovered a huge quantity of powder, normally used in coalmines, from the Baban Shah Colony and picked up a suspect, Gul Mohammad Daedano,... HYDERABAD: Hostage recovered, kidnapper held HYDERABAD, Aug 25: A joint team of the Matiari, Hyderabad and Nawabshah police recovered a hostage and arrested a kidnapper following a brief encounter in a banana orchard within the jurisdiction... HYDERABAD: PPP-SB men’s arrest flayed HYDERABAD, Aug 25: The Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) has criticized the arrest of party leader, Ali Ahmed Palipoto, his brother, Ali Haider Palipoto, and guest, Syed Roshan Shah.... HYDERABAD: SHC directs SHO to book ASI HYDERABAD, Aug 25: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Monday directed the SHO, Jamshoro police station, to lodge an FIR of the petitioner against the ASI of the police...

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